Tuesday, April 27, 2010

It's another one of those times, when I get a wild hair up my hoo-hoo, and well, let's just say, it's a process.

Sometimes, I wish I was a little less DIY and a little more get someone else to DIY....and that other DIYer happens to be my dearest husband Justin.

I was sick to death of the lack of storage in Logan's room and I was determined to create something to suit our needs. Nod your head if toy storage is an issue...

We bought some MDF, and Justin built the most grand of shelving units ever!

He got that thing built and ready to go in just about a week...both of us working and living full time, ya know.

My part of the job was painting...luckily, I recruited our teenager to help with the pain-staking-long-and-drawn-out-process of painting the beast of a shelf...That took 2 full days into the wee hours of the night, not to mention that I was painting Logan's Armoire in tandem...

I made some curtains for the lower half of the shelves, because, honestly, it was too eye-crazywithout them. I used some blue ticking, added some grosgrain ribbon to the hem with some heat and bond and hung them with cafe rods. I think they turned out great. Logan just pushes the curtains open to pull out the crates that organizes all his toys. These are the regular plastic crates from Walmart, we have 12 in all that go all the way across the 2 bottom shelves.In the upper shelves, I put things like books, and stuffed animals, etc...

I painted a generic rusty star red and distressed it, and hung it right in the middle of the shelf

This chair I just got done with this weekend, I found it at the GW for $5.98, it was a natural oak color, and I loved the woven rush seat. I knew it would work great in Logan's room with a coat of Banner Red from Krylon.

I love how it turned out! Not bad for under 6 bucks and a can of spray paint!The shelving unit turned out fantastic too...I can't say how much I wanted it for myself it has helped the toy storage!This is the next project on the to-do list...a great dresser that I found second-hand...I have no idea what I want to do with it yet...

I remember those days of toys and "stuff"! It was the only time in my married life when I actually just closed the door to a room and only cleaned it once a month or so. All those little things that they just can't part with...many are now in boxes in our basement and our babies are 25 and 27!

It looks great, I wish I'd been smart enough to do something like that in my kid's rooms when they were young, but my son would have just dumped everything on the floor anyway:)

I love what you are doing with Logans room! When we moved into our new home I was debating on doing vintage cowboy or camping, and ended up choosing camping....but you're making me want to do the cowboy theme! its sooooooo nice! Just a thought on your dresser....I dont remember what blog I saw it on, but this mother had been doing a room similar to yours and she did the cutest thing that made me think of you...instead of regular drawer pulls she used rope. adorable.anyway, cant wait to see what you come up with!